Good weather has seen great progress made on Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron’s new 250 berth marina at St Kilda Harbour. Contractors Fitzgerald has set a cracking pace on the new extensions to the existing breakwater. 280 Moxy truckloads of rock are being delivered by barge to the Southern Breakwater, and 200 to the Northern Breakwater. [...]
The Marina Industries Association (MIA) awards have been announced at Marine13 conference being held in Sydney. The awards are for the 2013/14 period and based on performance over the previous financial year period. MIA President Andrew Chapman said the awards have been very well supported by industry with 43 submissions received. “Congratulations to not only [...]
Australian Marina of the Year 2012, Soldiers Point Marina in Port Stephens on the NSW north coast has implemented a “Fish Friendly Marina” campaign. It’s a brand new information campaign and accreditation system developed by the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) in collaboration with the Marina Industries Association (MIA) and the NSW Boating Industry Association [...]
A landmark agreement between Queensland’s Dept of Transport and Main Roads and Brisbane’s Moreton Bay Trailer Boat Club is being heralded as a huge boost to the Queensland marine industry. The agreements is welcome news for Brisbane based boat owners, or indeed cruising boaties visiting the east coast ofA Australia. A revised Heads of Agreement [...]
Port of Airlie and Whitsunday Sailing Club have joined forces to improve boating and marine sail training in the Whitsundays region, with a new purpose-built 20 berth marina now under construction for the exclusive use of WSC members. The Whitsunday Sailing Club, which is located adjacent to Port of Airlie, has been operating its practical [...]
A comprehensive world class program for the marina industries is now being finalised for delivery at the Marine13 International Conference and Exhibition, 28- 30 April on Queensland’s Gold Coast. The big picture topics cater for the combined recreational boating, marina and boating safety streams. The marina stream sessions deal with issues identified by marina operators [...]
There is one sure way to avoid the ever-increasing crowds at your favourite tropical anchorages. Avoid the annual flotilla to the northern tropics and head south into the high latitudes instead (well as high as they get in Australian waters). You can’t get much further south than Bruny Island without needing a passport. Here you [...]
It’s taken a few good years but it’s finally starting to happen. St Kilda is getting a swanky new marina to replace ancient, ‘character’ timber docks. In the last week of January 2013, Commodore Linda Goldsmith, in front of dignitaries and Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron club members, officially ‘dropped’ the first rock to mark the [...]
For the first time the internationally renowned Intermediate Marina Management Course (IMM) will be delivered in Hong Kong this February 2013. The course is conducted by the Marina Industries Association (MIA) under the banner of the Global Marina Institute (GMI). MIA President Andrew Chapman CMM said delivering the course for the first time in Hong [...]
Touted as the world’s largest sand island, and boasting World Heritage Status, Fraser Island forms a seaward barrier that has created unique sheltered water cruising grounds with plenty of protected anchorages. The Great Sandy Strait is approximately 40 nm from north to south, plus there’s Snapper Creek and Tin Can Bay at the southern end, [...]
The Global Marina Institute (GMI) is pleased to announce the awarding of the first Certified Marina Professional (CMP) designation. The recipient is Richard Hewett, the Chief Executive Officer of the Sandringham Yacht Club (SYC) in Melbourne, Australia. This certification was launched earlier this year by GMI. The CMP builds on the well established Certified Marina [...]
The Marine13 International Conference and Exhibition being held in Sydney 28- 30 April 2013 is the catalyst for a growing range of international meetings linked to the conference streams of boating business, boating safety and marinas. Howard Glenn, General Manager for the Office of Boating Safety and Maritime Affairs, Transport for NSW, said several additional [...]
Hobart’s newest marina the Prince of Wales Bay Marina is now fully operational in time for Tasmanian summer boating. With 160 floating berths utilising Poralu Marine pontoon systems, berths are available for vessels up to 35 metres. A world class marina backed by Pieter van der Woude’s Clean Lift Marine and the Clifford family of [...]
The 108 berth, state-of-the-art marina at Bluewater Marina, Trinity Park in the northern Cairns beaches area, will end another year on a high – enjoying higher than usual occupancies throughout the year with 100 per cent confirmed for November and December. Bluewater marina’s manager, Rick Herschell said there is currently a six month waiting list [...]
The Marina Industry Association (MIA) has announced an extension to its well established Gold Anchor International Rating Scheme that provides customer service accreditation for marinas. The extension to the scheme will give marinas the option to be Gold Anchor accredited but without a specific 3 – 5 Gold Anchor rating. This non-rated option is called [...]
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